Apparatus and method for driving guide of vehicle

Abstract

An apparatus and method for a driving guide of a vehicle are provided and include a sensor unit that has at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to sense obstacles positioned at a front and side of the vehicle using sensing information received from the sensor unit and arrange data for the obstacles based on an angle to determine whether a passage is present in front of the vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to provide the driving guide of the checked passage.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An apparatus for a driving guide of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
 a sensor unit that includes at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle; and 
 a controller configured to: 
 sense obstacles positioned at a front and a side of the vehicle using sensing information received from the sensor unit; 
 arrange data for the obstacles based on an angle; 
 calculate a reference axis along a center angel between a first and second obstacle the sensed obstacles; 
 calculate a first distance between the reference axis and the first obstacle and second distance between the reference axis and the second obstacle; 
 determine whether a passage between the first and second obstacle through which the vehicle can pass is present based on a sum of the first and second distance; and 
 provide the driving guide for the checked passage. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the data for the obstacles is configured of a plurality of points of the obstacles and at least one line that connects the plurality of points. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to arrange the plurality of points of the obstacles based on an angle of a polar coordinate system and arrange data between a plurality of obstacles based on the angle of the polar coordinate system. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to calculate a width of the passage using at least two points of the passage based on the arranged data. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the passage is not present in front of the vehicle when the obstacles are present in front of the vehicle. 
     
     
       6. A method for a driving guide of a vehicle, the method comprising:
 analyzing, by a controller, sensing information received from a sensor unit that includes at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle; 
 sensing, by the controller, obstacles positioned at a front and a side of the vehicle based on the analyzed result; 
 arranging, by the controller, data for the sensed obstacles based on an angle; 
 calculating, by the controller, a reference axis along a center angle between a first and second obstacle of the sensed obstacles; 
 calculating, by the controller, a first distance between the reference axis and the first obstacle and a second distance between the reference axis and the second obstacle; 
 determining, by the controller, whether a passage between the first and second obstacle through which the vehicle can pass is present based on the sum of the first and second distance; and 
 providing, by the controller, the driving guide for the checked passage. 
 
     
     
       7. The method for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 6 , wherein the arranging of the data for the obstacles according to the angle includes:
 extracting, by the controller, data for the obstacles for a plurality of points of the obstacles and at least one line that connects the plurality of points to each other; and 
 arranging, by the controller, the plurality of points of the obstacles based on an angle of a polar coordinate system and arranging data between a plurality of obstacles based on the angle of the polar coordinate system. 
 
     
     
       8. The method for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 after determining whether the passage is present, calculating, by the controller, a width of the passage using at least two points of the passage based on the arranged data. 
 
     
     
       9. The method for the driving guide of the vehicle according to  claim 7 , wherein the determining of whether the passage is present further includes:
 determining, by the controller, whether the obstacles are present in a direction in which the vehicle is moving; and 
 determining, by the controller, that the passage is not present in the direction in which the vehicle is moving when the obstacles are present. 
 
     
     
       10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
 program instructions that analyze sensing information received from a sensor unit that includes at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle; 
 program instructions that sense obstacles positioned at a front and a side of the vehicle based on the analyzed result; 
 program instructions that arrange data for the sensed obstacles based on an angle; 
 program instructions that calculate a reference axis along a center angle between a first and second obstacle of the sensed obstacles; 
 program instructions that calculate a first distance between the reference axis and the first obstacle and a second distance between the reference axis and the second obstacle; 
 program instructions that provide the driving guide for the checked passage. 
 
     
     
       11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 10 , wherein the data for the obstacles is configured of a plurality of points of the obstacles and at least one line that connects the plurality of points. 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 program instructions that arrange the plurality of points of the obstacles based on an angle of a polar coordinate system and arrange data between a plurality of obstacles based on the angle of the polar coordinate system. 
 
     
     
       13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 program instructions that calculate a width of the passage using at least two points of the passage based on the arranged data. 
 
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 program instructions that determine that the passage is not present in front of the vehicle when the obstacles are present in front of the vehicle.